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Nope, Dropbox Wasn’t Hacked This Weekend. Here’s What Really Happened

If you tried to use Dropbox this weekend, chances are you noticed that the usually reliable cloud-storage service experienced an extended outage. What happened? Dropbox went offline Friday evening, making the service totally inaccessible on the web and even desktop<span class="ellipsis">…</span><div class="read-more">Read more › (http://www.cultofmac.com/262136/nope-dropbox-wasnt-hacked-weekend-heres-really-happened/)</div><!-- end of .read-more --><img width='1' height='1' src='http://cultofmac.com.feedsportal.com/c/33797/f/606249/s/35e3bbef/sc/4/mf.gif' border='0'/><br clear='all'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cultofmac.com%2F262136%2Fnope-dropbox-wasnt-hacked-weekend-heres-really-happened%2F&t=Nope%2C+Dropbox+Wasn%E2%80%99t+Hacked+This+Weekend.+Here%E2%80%99s+What+Really+Happened" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" />[/url]&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cultofmac.com%2F262136%2Fnope-dropbox-wasnt-hacked-weekend-heres-really-happened%2F&t=Nope%2C+Dropbox+Wasn%E2%80%99t+Hacked+This+Weekend.+Here%E2%80%99s+What+Really+Happened" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" />[/url]&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cultofmac.com%2F262136%2Fnope-dropbox-wasnt-hacked-weekend-heres-really-happened%2F&t=Nope%2C+Dropbox+Wasn%E2%80%99t+Hacked+This+Weekend.+Here%E2%80%99s+What+Really+Happened" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" />[/url]&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cultofmac.com%2F262136%2Fnope-dropbox-wasnt-hacked-weekend-heres-really-happened%2F&t=Nope%2C+Dropbox+Wasn%E2%80%99t+Hacked+This+Weekend.+Here%E2%80%99s+What+Really+Happened" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" />[/url]&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cultofmac.com%2F262136%2Fnope-dropbox-wasnt-hacked-weekend-heres-really-happened%2F&t=Nope%2C+Dropbox+Wasn%E2%80%99t+Hacked+This+Weekend.+Here%E2%80%99s+What+Really+Happened" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" />[/url]</td><td valign='middle'></td></tr></table></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cultofmac/bFow/~4/vKY6iTKtlPk" height="1" width="1"/>

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